i worked with john anderson for many years and we fought like mad to get the house televised. tim o'neill did not want congress to be seen in a bad light but, but finally we did get television. the cameras only showed the person's sleeping, not those sleeping and picking their noses. -- the cameras only showed the person speaking, not those sleeping. the democrats finally came around to tell as congress, but it is still not able to speak with one voice. as you mentioned, it still allowed us all kinds of critics of the administration to have their say. i think the people, at least for now, there is such a good will for obama that they are a little irritated and the people are already complaining about the administration before his policies have a chance to work. >> does anyone else want to respond on that? >> i would just point out that one of the many factors that makes this presidency and this current situation unique is that the president, the vice president, and the chief of staff are all former members of congress. they have a firsthand experience across. ron emmanuel -- r

i work with john anderson for many years and we fought like mad to get the house floor televised and tip o'neill was mad because he didn't want congress seen in a bad light and finally we did get tv but to a bonnet to control the tv and didn't want to get people sleeping in picking their noses around them. i think congress back then was battling against nixon who is able to command the airwaves when ever he asked to talk about his latest policy in vietnam and i think that is one of the reasons the democrats cameron and decided to tell -- televised congress but still is not able to speak with one voice and as you mention, of course, it also allows for all kinds of critics of the administration to have their say but i think the people at least for now as our other panelists have noted there is such good will for obama that they are irritated that the people are already complaining about the administration before his policies have had a chance to work to make anyone else want to respond on that price iraq i would just point out i think one of the many factors that makes this presidency

anderson hernandez. >> rob: the one thing i do love about john lannan is he's got great mechanics, he's out over that fronteg all the time. he sells that change-up perfectly. >> jim p.: you and i, when we came up we were pretty blessed where fastball count. they'd be looking for a fastball, we'd go, hey, here it is. john lannan understands what he is. you've got to understand, i have to make my pitches, i have to stay out of the middle of the plate. when i do that, i'm going to have success. when i pitch down and away, hitters are going to make adjustments. for a young guy who went 9-15 last year, it wasn't the fact that he didn't pitch well. it was the fact he's pitching for a team that doesn't win a lot of games. >> rob: and that's the thing, probably having watched the orioles the way they swung the bat the first night here with the 16 hits and the 11 runs, then what they did last night to come back with those long balls, i'm sure he's a little more careful about where he locates his change-ups and his curveballs. >> bob: andino, 0 for 1 with a tapper in front of the plate today. good fielding crowd her

john ferling lied sunday from george washington mount vernon estate on in depth. the entire schedule is on line with great new features including streaming video and easy to search the archives. booktv.org. >> martin enn ilyse anderson used formerly classified documents to contend that ronald reagan believed the destruction of nuclear weapons was tantamount in achieving his goal to bring an end to the soviet union. the ronald reagan presidential library in simi valley california hosted this event. it is 25 minutes. >> hello. i was just thinking it has now been about 34 years since we first met ronald reagan, and we always liked it when we first met him and we still like him. and, as is and said we worked with him for quite a long time. in 1988 i wrote one book explaining what reagan was like and i thought i really knew about him. but when people left come a lot ofeople talk to me about he was kind of silly and did not know what he was doing. all kinds of things. they call them names. the thing that i could not understand is telling god's name did he get all of that work done? how was he able to do it? and, that idea held up with a lot of people. for example, who was actually doing his work? he was pulling the string